Arizona To Sue Biden Administration Over Vaccine Mandates

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Arizona has become the first US state to sue the Biden Administration over its sweeping covid vaccine mandates.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has argued that the mandate violates the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause by discriminating against US citizens as illegal immigrants, in federal law enforcement’s custody, are not subject to the same vaccine mandates.

Breitbart reports: “In a nutshell: unauthorized aliens will not be subject to any vaccination requirements even when released directly into the United States… while roughly a hundred million U.S. citizens will be subject to unprecedented vaccination requirements,” Brnovich told a federal district court in Arizona in a 14-page filed complaint. “This reflects an unmistakable — and unconstitutional — brand of favoritism in favor of unauthorized aliens.”

The complaint continues:

Specifically, the Biden Administration has disclaimed any COVID-19 vaccination requirement for unauthorized aliens, even those being released directly into the United States. Although the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) offers vaccination to aliens it apprehends unlawfully entering the United States, it does not insist that they be vaccinated—even if they are being released into the U.S., rather than being immediately deported.

The upshot is that aliens unlawfully crossing into the United States are not bound by any federal vaccination requirement whatsoever. Their rights to choose to be vaccinated—or not—command the unadulterated respect of Defendants. Those of U.S. citizens: not so much. The same Administration that would not dream of infringing upon the right of unauthorized aliens to choose whether to be vaccinated (or not), has no equivalent regard for the rights of United States citizens.

Brnovich asked the court to render the mandate unconstitutional. The mandate forces mid to large-sized businesses and federal employees and contractors to be vaccinated. The mandate is enforced by a $14,000 fine per violation.

“The Biden Administration is once again flouting our laws and precedents to push their radical agenda,” Brnovich tweeted. “There can be no serious or scientific discussion about containing the spread of COVID-19 that doesn’t begin at our southern border.”

Biden’s mandate, announced last week, gives the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) authority to enforce the mandate, though it is unknown if OSHA has such constitutional authority to do so.

The mandate has not yet been issued, so the precise details remain unclear.

Left-leaning professor Cass R. Sunstein is a legal mind that doubts OSHA’s authority. He writes:

The core provision of one of the nation’s most important regulatory statutes—the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”)—is not easy to distinguish from the hypothesized statute. That provision defines an “occupational safety and health standard” as one that is “reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe or healthful employment and places of employment.”

But former OSHA deputy assistant secretary Jordan Barab from the Obama administration said OSHA could do the bidding of the Biden administration. “OSHA’s never been a beloved agency for Republicans. They’ve always gone after OSHA for interfering with corporate autonomy,” claimed Barab.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki has stated the White House expects OSHA to enforce Biden’s mandate. “Certainly this will be up to a number of private-sector companies. Our expectation and hope is they will take these steps on their own, and then we will continue to implement for those who are not complying,” she said.

Whether this lawsuit or one of the others that will be filed in the coming weeks, disputes over the constitutionality of excluding illegal aliens, as well as the legality of OSHA’s authority to issue this regulation at all, are expected by some to make their way ultimately to the Supreme Court.

4 Comments

  1. OSHAs always been ful of it. A load occiverpaid parasite making up utterly absurd regulations just for something to. do. They should be disbanded. And mandates are t laws. They do not have to be enforced and that’s why Bidens cherry picking who he’s targeted with them He knows the bureaucrats know he can’t enforce them legally. They’re more or less a bluff.

  2. There is no difference between taking a Vaccine that has the parts of babies who were tortured while alive to get those parts and taking adrenochrome. They are both Unholy offenses to God and satanic rituals that make people demon possessed-consecrating them to Lucifer.

  3. OSHA the DOT the unions busted by reaganGOONist-SS sending our jobs to china taking american from 30% rich to 1% rich by internations useing china slaves/Yea the 1% hates unions and workers rights and they hate the DOT and OSHA and the FDA and anyone saving american`s lifes and rights.NO shot has human DNA in it at all as your body would reject that anyway 1 in 500 americans dead from covid and counting

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